Most conservatives understand that the left’s constant accusations of racism are nothing more than attempts to shame right-wingers into silence. By now, most Republican politicians have also figured this out. Yet, the tactic still works. Too many continue to recoil when they hear the words “racist” or “racism.” These yellowbellies immediately go on the defensive, desperate to let everyone know they disapprove of anything that could possibly be interpreted as racially insensitive or offensive.

It’s sickening. It’s cowardly. It’s incredibly annoying. Republicans and all ordinary Americans who oppose the left’s tyrannical “social justice” agenda should learn to sneer at such meaningless insults. Every person knows what’s in his or her own heart: Either you are an actual racist or you aren’t. If you are the former, then it shouldn’t bother you in the slightest when someone points it out. If you’re the latter, then you should simply laugh and shrug your shoulders, safe in the knowledge that the doofus who just called you a racist did so because he or she lost the argument and now just wants to shut you up.

The reality of today’s America is that there is far more hatred and racism on the left than there is on the right. The mere fact that the left portrays non-whites as so emotionally fragile that they must be protected from even the slightest criticism proves the point. The left treats non-whites like stupid children who have neither the desire nor the ability to control their own destinies.

Words as Weapons?

Words matter, we have been told – and this is certainly true. Until we get to the point where we communicate only with emojis (probably somewhere around 2025), words remain pretty indispensable to the dying art of interaction with other human beings.

An appropriate idiom to examine, here, is “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” There’s a lesson in this idiom for anyone on the political right who still recoils with a whimper when accused of racism. To get the point across to these invertebrates, I suggest a simple experiment:

Gather five or six willing participants and have them shower you with verbal abuse, to include racial taunts, threats, speculation about your sexual preferences, and various observations about your parents: What was your mother’s marital status when you were born? Is she so fat that lifeguards have to remove her from the beach when the tide wants to come in? Does she now or has she ever provided adult entertainment to men in exchange for money?

You get the idea.

Allow this to continue for, say, thirty minutes, and then invite the participants in your experiment to bombard you with stones and beat you enthusiastically with sticks. End the experiment after another thirty minutes and then carefully review the results – making notes if necessary, assuming you are still able to hold a pencil. Did you sustain more physical damage from the first thirty-minute activity than from the second? Almost certainly, you will conclude that, no, you did not. So, the old idiom is true.

Leftists still know that they can push conservatives’ buttons, though, with this racism thing. They do it all the time. This new, rag-tag band of ingrates who somehow managed to get themselves elected to Congress as Democrats understand this and they are taking full advantage of it.

Who Are the Real Racists?

Taking a stand against this is long overdue. There are few things in life worse than actual racism, but calling out a black congressman for utterly failing to solve any of the problems in the sh**hole district he has represented for 23 years is not racist. Suggesting that people who hate America should perhaps consider returning to the countries from which they or their predecessors originated is not racist.

I myself left the country in which I was born and raised because I no longer felt I belonged there. Leaving is the right thing to do if you reside in a country you despise – even if that’s where you were born. Sure, you can choose to fight to make that country better but Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her ilk are not trying to make America better, they are trying to destroy what it has always been and rebuild it into something very alien to original American ideals. They do not have the right to do that.

The great irony in all of this is that the dreadful conditions blighting many parts of Baltimore – an otherwise marvelous city with so much potential – had gone unnoticed by most Americans until President Donald Trump shone upon it a national spotlight with his allegedly racist tweets.

If I had one piece of advice for the president – and for all Republicans and conservative TV pundits – It would be to double down: Create a national conversation around the many metropolitan districts across the country that have been neglected and mismanaged for decades by Democrats. A great many of these districts have majority black or Latino populations so, yes, let’s have a real conversation about racist political policies.

Don’t run from accusations of racism. Instead, respond by demanding to know why so many Americans of color are living in districts – Democrat-controlled districts – that are barely even worthy of being labeled third-world.

The racists are not the ones pointing out that many inner-city blacks live in run-down, filthy, crime-infested neighborhoods: The racists are the ones who have been running these places for 50 or 60 years or more and haven’t done a damn thing about those problems.

Diogenes

I agree with most of the conclusions of this author. I disagree with the reaction to being called a racist. “…then you should simply laugh and shrug your shoulders…”.

Wrong. because if you walk off after shrugging your shoulders the name-caller did shut you up and if you stay. The base name-caller will simply keep repeating the name.
What I do and what I think is better, is to call them a racist and accuse them of saying because you are white. Then attack them for being a racist.

Don’t give them a defensive explanation, give them a like negative experience. You should be upset when unfairly called names and it’s almost always because the name-caller is an anti-white racist.
It neutralizes their argument and makes them defensive.

What I found surprising when I started this is how many of these name-callers will admit to being racists, especially among black folks.

Diogenes

Try this one: Say “yes, I agree. I AM a racist, and we all are racists.” (Whether you include the last part of the sentence is up to you, depending on the situation.)

When you are agreeing with anyone, to whatever degree, that is not being defensive. That becomes disarming to your opponent. Of course they probably will persist in their emotional manipulation, because they know naught else. But once you know assertiveness skills, which is the antidote or foil for their attack, you will have an arsenal of skills at your disposal of which they have no knowledge and are incapable of using.

I don’t mind at all if they call me a racist. It means, in the eyes of the One who really matters, that I prevail in the argument am on the right path. Race has nothing to do with these arguments over politics. When I am accused of being racist because of my views, I smile and walk away. That really bugs them.

What I have also found is that the person shouting ‘racist’ is usually the racist.

Diogenes

Now we are making progress. It’s not conservatives who are burdened with this nonsense – at least not if they are real conservatives, rather than phony ones. Lots of Americans suffer from guilt, be it white guilt or guilt in general. The antidote for guilt is assertiveness.

The best author on this topic is Manuel Smith, PhD, who wrote best selling books on the subject. He wrote “When I Say No I feel Guilty” and also a book for children, as a parenting manual for their parents, titled “Yes, I Can say NO”.

Just Google Dr. Smith’s name and buy either or both books. I initially discovered them through my own excellent public library when my kid was young. These books are still available on Amazon. Sadly, my (no longer entirely excellent) public library no longer has them. There is now no need to burn books any more. Libraries now simply toss them them in the dumpster if they are not politically correct.

Dr. Smith’s simple method will show you how to deal with verbal adversity. Assertiveness is NOT aggression. Which is not to say that you should always walk away from any conflict. It depends upon the circumstances. But assertiveness will give you survival tools that you might have never known or had before.

The next wars will be fought in the battlefield of psychological warfare. Forewarned is forearmed.

Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for several years and saw combat on four continents. In addition to being a news and politics junkie, Graham loves laughter, drinking and the outdoors. Combining all three gives him the most pleasure. Individual liberty is one of the few things he takes seriously.

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Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for several years and saw combat on four continents. In addition to being a news and politics junkie, Graham loves laughter, drinking and the outdoors. Combining all three gives him the most pleasure. Individual liberty is one of the few things he takes seriously.